Jamie Lidell speaks to us from the privacy of some venue's restroom, trying unsuccesfully to avoid picking his favorite songs, bands, and movies-- a feat that requires him to stretch his memory to fantastically retro lengths. [Interview: Tyler Grisham]

In our fourth annual Found Sound, Pitchfork writers select their favorite offbeat and/or underappreciated non-2004 discoveries of 2004-- everything from proto-freakfolk to Turkish pop to a German shepherd named Sebastian.